diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 65fdb113b..2e6cf78f8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ simulator-output/
 bisected.sql
 *.log
 
-*.db-lg
+*.db-log
diff --git a/core/lib.rs b/core/lib.rs
index f7d8c1cc5..7150fc156 100644
--- a/core/lib.rs
+++ b/core/lib.rs
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ impl Database {
         let shared_wal = WalFileShared::open_shared_if_exists(&io, wal_path)?;
 
         let mv_store = if opts.enable_mvcc {
-            let file = io.open_file(&format!("{path}-lg"), OpenFlags::default(), false)?;
+            let file = io.open_file(&format!("{path}-log"), OpenFlags::default(), false)?;
             let storage = mvcc::persistent_storage::Storage::new(file);
             let mv_store = MvStore::new(mvcc::LocalClock::new(), storage);
             Some(Arc::new(mv_store))
diff --git a/core/mvcc/database/tests.rs b/core/mvcc/database/tests.rs
index 608a9f366..1781a5c1d 100644
--- a/core/mvcc/database/tests.rs
+++ b/core/mvcc/database/tests.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ impl MvccTestDbNoConn {
         let log_path_filename = log_path
             .file_name()
             .and_then(|name| name.to_str())
-            .map(|s| format!("{s}-lg"))
+            .map(|s| format!("{s}-log"))
             .unwrap();
         log_path.set_file_name(log_path_filename);
         Self {
diff --git a/tests/integration/query_processing/test_transactions.rs b/tests/integration/query_processing/test_transactions.rs
index 6743e88a9..53ab7f00e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/query_processing/test_transactions.rs
+++ b/tests/integration/query_processing/test_transactions.rs
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ fn test_mvcc_checkpoint_works() {
         conn.execute("COMMIT").unwrap();
     }
 
-    // Before checkpoint: assert that the DB file size is exactly 4096, .db-wal size is exactly 32, and there is a nonzero size .db-lg file
+    // Before checkpoint: assert that the DB file size is exactly 4096, .db-wal size is exactly 32, and there is a nonzero size .db-log file
     let db_file_size = std::fs::metadata(&tmp_db.path).unwrap().len();
     assert!(db_file_size == 4096);
     let wal_file_size = std::fs::metadata(tmp_db.path.with_extension("db-wal"))
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ fn test_mvcc_checkpoint_works() {
         wal_file_size == 0,
         "wal file size should be 0 bytes, but is {wal_file_size} bytes"
     );
-    let lg_file_size = std::fs::metadata(tmp_db.path.with_extension("db-lg"))
+    let lg_file_size = std::fs::metadata(tmp_db.path.with_extension("db-log"))
         .unwrap()
         .len();
     assert!(lg_file_size > 0);
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ fn test_mvcc_checkpoint_works() {
 
     assert_eq!(rows, expected);
 
-    // Assert that the db file size is larger than 4096, assert .db-wal size is 32 bytes, assert there is no .db-lg file
+    // Assert that the db file size is larger than 4096, assert .db-wal size is 32 bytes, assert there is no .db-log file
     let db_file_size = std::fs::metadata(&tmp_db.path).unwrap().len();
     assert!(db_file_size > 4096);
     assert!(db_file_size % 4096 == 0);
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ fn test_mvcc_checkpoint_works() {
         wal_size == 0,
         "wal size should be 0 bytes, but is {wal_size} bytes"
     );
-    let log_size = std::fs::metadata(tmp_db.path.with_extension("db-lg"))
+    let log_size = std::fs::metadata(tmp_db.path.with_extension("db-log"))
         .unwrap()
         .len();
     assert!(